Sun visor



y 9, 1940' I D. w. HUDGINGS, JR 2,207,668

SUN VISOR Filed Jan. 20, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 y 9, 1940- D. w.HUDGINGS, JR

SUN VISOR Filed Jan. 20, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 9, 1940 ISUN VISOR Daniel W. Hudgings, Jr., Tampa, Fla., assignor of two-fifthsto E. Neil Williams, Washington,

Application January 20', 1939, Serial No. 252,016

2 Claims.

The object of this invention is to improve the construction ofautomobile vehicle sun visors, and, more particularly, to provide a sunvisor of considerable more versatility than the present types now inuse.

An object of this invention is to construct a sun visor which will morefully protect the operators vision when driving towards the sun oroncoming headlights and to so mount and construct the visor that it maybe readily positioned both directly in front of the operators visionwhile permitting lateral adjustment to afford protection when theobjectionable light rays are coming into the automobile at the right orcenter of the vehicle, which would normally not be possiblewithconventional types of visors.

Another object is to mount the visor on a swivel connection whichpermits its use not only in front but at the drivers side to protect thevision from the side rays of the sun.

A still further object is to so simplify the manufacture of the presentvisor that its component parts are few, fool proof in operation,positive in action, and economical to manufacture and fabricate andmaintain.

The construction which will be hereinafter described in detail is alsoadaptable for use with a fixed support mounted across the entire frontof the vehicle so that it may be adjusted at any point behind thewindshield or, if desirable, the same type of protector may be mountedover the doors of the vehicle.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is an interior view of an automobile equipped with the presentinvention and showing the sun visor in several operative positions;

Fig. 2 is a front view of the visor together with its swivel hanger;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view, partly in cross section of the hangerillustrating the means of securing the visor rod;

Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the hanger taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3;I

Fig. 5 is a top plan of the visor shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmental cross section of the supporting rod andvisor;

Fig. '7 is a cross section taken on line 1-1 of vided.

adapted to be installed across the front of the automobile interior orover the doors;

Fig. 12 is a front view Ofthi modified form;

Fig. 13 is a. side view of a haiger for the modified sun visor.

More particularly, the opaq 1e shield or visor I preferably made from asheet of fiber, molded resin or wood is secured between the outwardlyextending spaced parallel arms 2 of a sheet metal tubular hinge 3, thevisor per se being suitably retained between the spaced ofiset portions2 by means of screws, rivets or other suitable fastening means.

As shown in detail in Figs. 5, 6, and 10, the tubular portion '3 isprovided with a depending key 5 along approximately one-half of itslength, thetubular memberwith its depending visor being positionedaround a round rod .6, which has a longitudinal groove 1 thereinextending from one end of the rod to a point adjacent the opposite endof the rod. By not carrying the groove completely throughout the lengthof the rod, an. end stop or abutment 8 for the groove 1 is pro- Asbefore described, the tubular member 3 is depressed for approximatelyhalf its length at the left portion of the tube, as shown in thedrawings, and, therefore, this depressed section or key 5 rides snuglywithin the keyway i when the parts are assembled. Inasmuch as the keywayI extends to the edge of the rod at the left portion thereof, as shownin the drawings, the tubular member 3 with its key 5 is very simplythreaded or slid onto the rod 6.

Such a construction insures that the rod and tubular member are alwaysin snug frictional contact, and) it will be obvious that the entirevisor may be easily and quickly moved to the right in the drawings untilthe key portion 5 strikes the end stop 8 and thus the visor may beadjusted from a point at the left section of the front of the vehicle toa position well over towards the right side thereof and objectionablerays may thus be blocked out by use of a single shield.

At the end of the rod 6, through which the slot 1 extends'there is acircumferential groove in for the purpose of holding the rod and visorin a swivel connection ll having a socket l2 for the insertion of theend of the rod and a transverse set screw i3 which cooperates with thegroove ill to retain the visor and the rod in frictional relativeposition.

The socket portion I! of the swivel has a right angle vertical pivotportion l4 carried in bore 'the visor to be raised or lowered' bymanipulation thereof to position it adjacent the .top 01' the vehiclebody or in down-tumed position in line with the driver's vision. Theturning up or down of the visor I also rotates the rod 8 which ispermitted by the groove and screw. it to have frictional contact to therod while permitting its easy manipulation.

As a modification of the continuous depressed A key 5 integrally formedoi the metal of the tube 3, I may use a structure similar to that shownin Fig. 9. Here, instead of stretching and depressing the metal, thetube or hinge is slit longitudinally andthe sides 5' are turned inwardlyto bear against the vertical walls of the groove I. As in the preferredform, the in-turning sides or fingers 5' frictionally contact the sidesand bottom wall of the groove so that the shield may be laterally movedand retained in adjusted position. The fingers are also sufficientlyrigid to rotate the rod 6 when the visor is raised or lowered.

In Figs. 11 and 12, I have shown a further modification of my sun visorin which the shield is mounted for transverse and vertical adjustmentwithout the use of a swivel connection as heretofore described. In thismodified visor support, a rod 20 extends across the entire front 01' thewindshield or it may be mounted over the doors of the car; the rod beingretained in end brackets 2| and 22. Where the car has a V-typewindshield, two separate rods may be used running from the center to thesides of the body. The rod is continuously grooved to form a keyway 23,and preferably the end of the rod shown at the right of the drawings isretained in an opening or socket in, bracket 22, while the lefthand endof the rod in the drawings is frictionally retained between the splitarms of the bracket 2|, as shown in detail in Fig. 3. The tension on therod may be adjusted by a screw connecting -the split arms of the bracketand for ready removal of the rod for insertion of the visor or forservicing.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States is:

-1.,A sun visor for vehicle bodies including a rotatable rodsecured-within the vehicle body, a tubular member encompassing said rodand adjustable therealong, a light obstructing shield secured betweenthe free ends of the tubular member, a longitudinal groove formed insaid rod and an integral depending key pressed from the material of thetubular member for sliding engagement with said groove. I

2. A sun visor of the character claimed in claim 1 wherein the integralkey is formed by longitudinally splitting the material of the tubularmember and inturning the edges of the slit portion to irlctionallyengage the sides of the groove in the rod.

vDANIEL W. HUDGINGS, JR.

